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White Flowers and Plants for Dull Areas in the Garden
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Foxglove - Also called "Digitalis", this plant can make a heart stop if eaten. Medium green, five lobed leaves are placed at the base of tall, densely packed spikes of tubular flowers. The flowers are either white or cream and can be pure in form as in the "Alba" variety, or with brown spots in the center, as in other varieties. The varieties available are best in full-sun and flower in late-June to late-July. The "Excelsior" mix reaches 5 feet in height while other varieties can grow up to 7 feet, therefore all are best planted at the back of the border.

Scabiosa - Many daisy-like petals surround a lime-green center in this flower. It's blooms rise 2 - 2.5 feet over the rosette of thin leaves, at the base of the plant. It blooms over the course of Easter Lily

3-4 weeks when the spent blossoms are removed regularily and given adequate moisture in full sun.

Common Yarrow - This plant is commonly seen growing in ditches along roadsides. Only growing 1.5 feet tall, the finely cut grey-green leaves and compact flatten flowerheads make this a plant able to be planted near the front of the border. It requires full sun and well-drained soil, and stays in neat clumps where planted. This plant can be used as a dried flower for arrangements as well.

Thalictrum - Also called "Meadow Rue", this plant has very delicate-looking foliage that resembles finely cut ferns. Long panicles of puffy blooms appear from late-May to mid-July. To plant only one of these would be worthless, as they are so airy-looking, they would only disappear. They are therefore best planted in large drifts in full- to part-sun.

Campanula - Also known as "Bellflower", there are many different varities available. The short "White Chips" grows only 10 inches tall, has a mounded shape with pointed bells looking up into the sky, that rise just above finely toothed leaves. "Peach-leaved Bellfower" grows to 2.5 feet tall and unlike the name suggests, the leaves are green, short and straplike at the base of the plant. Both do very well in full sun or partial-shade in many different soil conditions.

I will wrap up this series focusing on white flowers for the garden in next week's article.

TIP OF THE WEEK
Powdery mildew is the growth of a grey mildew on plant leaves and stems. Chemical fungicides can be used, or try this homemade recipe: mix 1 Tbsp baking soda and 2 tsp. vegetable oil into one gallon of water. Put the mixture in a spray bottle and coat the plant on both the top and bottom of the leaves every 10-14 days, until the problems disappears.

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